Newcastle May Be Pursuing Saviola Again

Written by Dr. Ed Harrison

4:03pm Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Commented 97 times

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There are reports today that Newcastle United want to do a deal for Argentine striker Javier Saviola from Real Madrid, after the player has again expressed his frustrations at the lack of playing time in Spain.

Javier Saviola – are Newcastle really interested?

Javier has been talking to the Spanish publication Marca and the player says that his future lies either in the Premier League or in the Italian League.

It seems that if the player wants to play regularly he will need to leave Real Madrid, whose current manager is the Tottenham disaster, Juande Ramos.

Why did Madrid appoint Juande after he had done so terribly at the London club?

Saviola said today:

“Juande Ramos told me that if I want to play regularly, I should join a smaller team,”

“My situation is intolerable, and I want to leave Madrid in the January transfer window,”

“It’s a difficult situation. You have to be very strong mentally because as each game goes by without playing you are destroyed a little more psychologically.”

“My future is away from Real Madrid. I would not want to stay in Spain. I see myself in the Premier League, or in the Serie A.”

Newcastle United were supposedly after Saviola in the summer, and with new Argentine signings Coloccini and Gutierrez now at the Tyneside club, it would be easy for Saviola to settle down on Tyneside.

The price quoted for the Argentine striker is within Newcastle’s budget too, at £6M, and we could possibly be able to do a loan deal for the striker.

However, the players’ wage demands may be very high.

Javier played 129 times with 9 goals for Barcelona from 2001 until 2007, and then joined Real Madrid, but he has played just 16 games with 4 goals for the Madrid giants.

He has played 44 times for Argentina with 12 goals.

The news is that Newcastle are keen to do a deal, but we don’t know if this is true, or whether it’s just a regurgitation of our interest from last summer.

But the player would be a good signing for the club, although defense and central midfield are much more important positions for us to fill in the next 9 days – and we just have to strengthen those positions first.

Northern Paul your right about this calibre of player not wanting to come to the Toon , but he is unhappy at Real and maybe having 2 other Argentine internationals here could persuade him to at least come on loan . You never know what might happen if he did come on loan until the summer and we staved off relegation and finish around 10th place

Another Argentinian international that should be very interesting for us and that probably could be one we are already after, is Jose Ernesto Sosa. I think he might just be the creative midfielder we should get. Apparently he is available for loan and transfer from his club Bayern M. We have all seen that sitting on the bench in Bayern isn’t always bad. Heard of a guy called Santa Cruz!? Do the deal NOW!!!

Another guy we at least should offer a trial is Stephen Appiah. Come on JK, you gotta move for these players now!!!

I don’t like this guy. For me he’s past it. And even more important, I have serious doubts if he could addapt his game to the Premier League. He’s weak and have had 2 season on the fridge in the last years.

I think he could do a job for us, and would like to see him play behind the forwards. Maybe that’s why Kinnear is going for defensive mdfielders such as M’Bia, because he wants to partner them with somebody like Saviola.

if we get a great midfielder who knows how to pass the ball i wouldn’t mind saviola, but with those long balls we play now…no way.. if we don’t changer our midfield i’d prefer s stronger striker, who can create chances for himself…

but before we sign a striker we need to offload some some of those we already have (8 of them to be exact).

Id love if we got him in and sent owen packing to villa for 5 million. Hes younger, quicker and will no doubt be more hungry that owen. I doubt hed miss half the sitters owen does aswell. He shouldnt be a priority signing, but if we can nick him on loan, or use him as a direct replacement for Owen, ill be happy. Always been one of my favourite players, proper crafty little fella.

“I don’t like this guy. For me he’s past it. And even more important, I have serious doubts if he could addapt his game to the Premier League. He’s weak and have had 2 season on the fridge in the last years.

Not good enough to solve our problems and would add just in quantity.”

A Brazilian who doesn’t like an Argentinian footballer? I’m shocked! 😉

Good point about him being “in the fridge” though. He’s played less than 30 games in the last two seasons. It’s quite understandable though, bearing in mind his competition at Barca and Real.

aside from the fact hes a legend in spain having transformed a bottom half sevilla side to win the uefa cup in his FIRST season, as well as beating barcelona to win the super cup 3-0!

in his second season he got sevilla 3rd place and qualification for the champ league as well as incredibly winning the uefa cup for a second successive year, and topped it off with winning the equivalent of the fa cup – the copa del rey – AND winning the spanish super cup when they beat real madrid.

he was an incredible manager in spain, and just because he didnt do it in england doesnt mean hes lost it.

I work as a stablehand in a well known stable in North Yorkshire and the owner has close friendships with a couple of prominent footballers in the North East who visit occasionally and the rumour i want to share is that Alan Shearer is seriously considering taking over at Newcastle. . he has had in–depth discussions at board level, and if the club is sold to the buyer who the board are claiming WILL buy it(behind closed doors), then he will take over in the summer of 09. This is why loan signings are the priority in this window as Shearer does not want to have a big clear–out of players on big money contracts before next season, and the whole “Kinnear offered lucrative contract” thing is just a smokescreen to try and calm the storm and steady the club. Obviously this, and of course Premiership survival is paramount, and one or two cheap(ish) proven players maybe signed to shore up the midfield/defence and to appease the fanbase. I’ve no idea who the potential buyers are or when exactly this will happen but apparently it will be well before the new season starts. I have read some of the rumours posted on this site, and never ever take any notice of the “my uncle lives next door to Ronaldo’s mam and overheard the dog whispering to the cat” posts, but i think this has a bit more substance. . even though it is still just a rumour. . anything can happen in this game. .

I found it on the football rumour site. Blind dreams and hope is all i got left

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Transfers Summer 2017

Player

Fee

Club

INCOMING

Christian Atsu

£6.2M

Chelsea

Florian Lejeune

£8.8M

Eibar

Jacob Murphy

£10M

Norwich

Javier Manquillo

£4.5M

Atletico Madrid

Mikel Merino

£2.5M Loan – season

Borussia Dortmund

Kenedy

Loan – season – pending

Chelsea

Joselu

£5.0M

Stoke City

Transfer Fees In

£37.0M

OUTGOING

Vurnon Anita

Released

Aston Villa

Sammy Ameobi

Released

Bolton

Haris Vuckic

Released

FC Twente

Lubo Satka

Released

FC DAC 1904

Florian Thauvin

£10.0M

Marseille

Kevin Mbabu

£1.0M

Young Boys

Matz Sels

Loan – season

Anderlecht

Yoan Gouffran

Released

Goztepe

Adam Armstrong

Loan – season

Bolton

Lewis Gibson

£1.0M Up to £5M in add-ons

Everton

Daryl Murphy

£2.0M

Nottingham Forest

Ivan Toney

Loan – season

Wigan Athletic

Transfer Fees Out

£14.0M

Net Spend

£23M

Preseason Friendlies 2017

Club

Location

Date

Hearts Won 2-1

Tynecastle

Friday 14th July 7:45pm

Preston Drew 1-1

Deepdale

Saturday 22nd July 3:00pm

Bradford Won 4-0

Valley Parade

Wednesday 26th July 7:30pm

Mainz 05 Lost 2-1

Opel Arena, Mainz

Saturday 29th July 4:00 pm local time

Wolfsburg Won 3-1

AOK Stadium, Wolfsburg

Wednesday 2nd August 4:00pm local time

Hellas Verona Wopn 2-0

St. James’ Park

Sunday 6th August 3:00pm

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